SEC to Webcast Press Briefing on Selection of Chairman of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE2003-47

Washington, D.C., April 15, 2003 -- The SEC Chairman and Commissioners will hold a press briefing at 1:00 p.m. today to announce the selection of the Chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The press briefing will be webcast in real time on the Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov.

Only credentialed media may attend the press briefing, to be held in the William O. Douglas Open Commission Meeting Room, Room 1C30, at SEC headquarters, 450 Fifth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.